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Wine Blending: Tips from the Pros

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Small Space Winemaking Techniques

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Modern Malolactic

There once was a time when MLF only happened spontaneously in winemaking. These days, however, winemakers have more choices when it comes to

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Exploring The Corking Options

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Sur Lie Aging & Bâttonage

An introduction to sur lie aging and why you may want to consider it for your next batch.

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Bottle Shock

If you’ve done everything right in the winery and your wine tastes great going into the bottle, you might scratch your head when you open

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Keeping Notes in the Winery

Why it is important for winemakers to take notes, and what information should always be recorded.

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Measuring Brix in Fermentation

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Crafting Age-Worthy White Wines

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Restart Stuck Fermentations

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Lessons from Somms Who Make Wines

These three world-class sommeliers have taken the leap from designing restaurant wine programs and recommending bottles to growing grapes an

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Red Wine Sediment

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Post-Fermentation Wine Adjustments

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Protein Stabilization

Get hot tips for protein stabilization.

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Making White Wines from Red Grapes

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Better White Blends

There are lots of reasons to try blending white wines, such as adding complexity, correcting a deficiency, or simply making something fun an

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Year in a Life of a Wine Part V (Cellar Work)

In the fifth installment of our year-long series about how homemade wine is made using home-grown grapes in Upstate New York, the wines are

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Degassing Wine Techniques

Sure, some wines are supposed to be carbonated, but most aren’t. To avoid unwanted bubbles in your table wines, you need to degas your win

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Year in the Life of a Wine: Part IV (Good Fermentations)

In the fourth installment of our year-long series about how homemade wine is made using home-grown grapes in Upstate New York, it’s time t

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Understanding Bentonite

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Cellaring Wines

Learn the basics of how and where to age your homemade wines.

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Year in a Life of a Wine Part VI (Bulk Aging and Bottling)

In the final installment of our year-long series, the wines are bulk aged, oaked, and bottled.

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Home Winemaking Quality Control

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Skin Contact Decisions

Winemakers have to decide how long to macerate their grapes to make the best wine. But how? Too little skin contact and the wines can lack c

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Winemaking Outside of Harvest

Lots of home winemakers concentrate their efforts in the harvest months using seasonally available just-picked wine grapes. But sometimes a